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Richard S.

Richard S.

Joined on 12/23/09

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best bang for your buck

SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab 10.1 NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GB Memory 16GB Storage 10.1" Tablet - Metallic Gray Android 3.1 (Honeycomb)
SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab 10.1 NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GB Memory 16GB Storage 10.1" Tablet - Metallic Gray Android 3.1 (Honeycomb)

Pros: I just got this hooked up and it works really great! It switches fast and doesn't require any software. It works with any mouse or keyboard supported by your OS. A really great buy!

Cons: None

Overall Review: Newegg's shipping is amazing!! I ordered this and a NIC on Monday at around 11am, this was sitting on my door step the next day at 2pm. Doesn't get any faster than that :)

Fast and Big

Crucial M500 CT240M500SSD1 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Crucial M500 CT240M500SSD1 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Pros: Fast read speeds. Reliable. 240GB instead of 120 like I had before.

Cons: Write speed could be higher.

Overall Review: I mainly upgraded for the size increase. I was using a Kingston 120GB. This was on sale so I went ahead and got it. This drive has been great so far. Read speeds are awesome. I love having the extra space for games and VMs. My only complaint is the slower write speeds. This is around 250MBs, where as the Kingston was around 500. I really haven't noticed a difference though. At this price I would definitely recommend this drive.

Reliable

ASRock B85 Pro4 LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock B85 Pro4 LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Descent amount of features for the price. UEFI works well. It does exactly what I need it to with no DOAs or crashes of any sort.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I purchased this for a home server. I was not overly concerned with features. Mainly wanted some that was cheap and reliable while supporting a descent amount of RAM and a newer chipset. This has worked very well for me so far. No issues at all.

Fairly Fast

Intel Pentium G3220 - Pentium Dual-Core Haswell Dual-Core 3.0 GHz LGA 1150 54W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80646G3220
Intel Pentium G3220 - Pentium Dual-Core Haswell Dual-Core 3.0 GHz LGA 1150 54W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80646G3220

Pros: Cheap. Descent IPC (single threaded performance). Stays cool and quiet even with the stock cooler.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I purchased this for a home server. I'm running Windows 8 as the host with Server 2012 running in a VM under Hyper-V. My boot drive for Windows 8 and Server 2012 is a Kingston SSD. It runs this setup very well. I really have no complaints for such a cheap part. I use the stock cooler in a case with very few fans. It stays cool even under load. I can't recall ever hearing the fan. This is not a beastly processor but for the price and what I am doing with it I feel it's a great buy. I went with this over an AMD chip for the single threaded performance. The AMD chips in the price range tend to be seriously lacking IPC.

Reliable/Cheap/Fast

G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-16GSR
G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-16GSR

Pros: Fast for the price. Neither DIM has failed in the several months I've been using them. They match my motherboard fairly well :).

Cons: None

Overall Review: I purchased this set to replace the 4 DIM 8GB set I was using. I was mainly looking to get 16GBs of RAM. The 1866 speed on these was really just a bonus, I was using 1600. I honestly don't notice a difference in speed for the most part going from 8GBs of 1600 to 16GBs of 1866. The biggest change is being able to run more VMs and use a bigger RAMdisk. Overall I am happy with this purchase.

Reliable and Quiet

CORSAIR Gaming Series GS800 800 W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
CORSAIR Gaming Series GS800 800 W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

Pros: This power supply has lasted me a little over two years and it works as well now as it did the day I got it. Very quiet. Looks pretty nice too. Also has plenty of power for the majority of people.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: The power supply is something that people tend to overlook. A good power supply is worth its weight in gold! After using this power supply with several graphics cards, motherboards and CPUs. I can say that I am very happy with this purchase. Even after two years I would not hesitate to put this PSU in my next build.